Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14806, Phineas Goodhue, Continental (Mass.) Or (N.H.)

SERVICE
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Continental (Mass) (H. & H.)
Goodhue, Phineas Hannah
W 14806
CONTENTS

3583.
Massachusetts Roll
Phineas Goodhue
private 76
New Hampshire Line 1 year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 10 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th of Octr 1818 and sent to Samuel Putnam Esqr. Salem Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 38.66 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4th Mar 1819 48.00
Arrears 4 Mo. 25/30 $86.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Andover, Essex Co Continued
notification sent October 18, 1820 to Phineas Goodhue, Salem, Mass.

Massachusetts 2023
Johannah Goodhue, widow of Phineas Goodhue, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. March '18, and who died on the 24. Aug. 1826 of Age 76 in the State of Mass. who was a P.M. in the County commanded by Captain Harker of the Regt. commanded by — Stark in the N. J. V. line for 12 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11. day of Mar. '39, to said Johannah Goodhue Newburyport, Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. $120.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.00 $140.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdin Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 — Page 90.

Phinehas Goodhue
Admitted. suspended for N.H. Rolls
The Rolls are not secancy as wys

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Phineas Goodhue of Randover in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION, to wit,
That about the latter part of the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-five, in December, he enlisted as a private soldier into the service of The United States at Charlestown, Mass t in the company of Foot commanded by Capt s John Hale of Hopkinton New Hampshire, in the Regiment commanded by Col s John Stark, New Hampshire Line, and served the said United States in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, in said Hale's company in the said Stark's Regiment for one year next ensuing his said enlistment, & afterwards for six weeks in the company commanded by Capt s Frothingham in which he served as an Artillery man - and that he was regularly discharged but received no proper certificate thereof. - The above service was performed on the continental establishment.
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
10 Apr. Signed Sworn to before S. Putnam J. S. J. Court
Phineas his X Goodhue mark

AFFIDAVIT.
I Abel Gage of Alham in the County of Rockingham and Commonwealth aforesaid, State of New Hampshire Gentleman do on oath depose and testify,
That I joined capt n John Hale's company of Foot in Col l John Stark's Regiment in the New-Hampshire Line about the first of March A.D. 1776 at which time Phineas Goodhue was serving as a private in said company, and have no doubt he, Goodhue, had then been in said company upwards of three months, but I cannot now remember at what time exactly he enlisted. we continued together in capt n Hale's company till the last of the year 1776, and I went to capt n Hill in the next spring and drawed Mr. Goodhue's wages for him and he was paid up to the end of December 1776.
The said Goodhue will be sixty five years old next Augt. I have known him ever since he was a boy
Abel Gage

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this tenth — day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam Esq r one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
the aforementioned Goodhue - & on 18 th of April 1818 the said Gage and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforeswritten Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforementioned Phineas Goodhue served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the last day of December A. D. 1775 to the last day of December A. D. 1776 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby certify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court aforesaid, at Salem , this eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam J. S. J. Court Atty.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in and for the County aforesaid hereby certify to all whom these presents may concern that the aforesaid Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid that the seal here to affixed is the seal of said Court and the signature aforesaid is his proper hand,
Attest: Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

3583
Phineas Goodhue
Oct 17 1815
cont 25/Sept 1820
con
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Phinehas Goodhue resident in Andover in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 3583 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Phineas Goodhue late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Thirteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, no real estate
5 old chairs 1.00 2 tables 67c old case of drawers 2.50, And irons shovel & tongs 1.60 pr bellows 17c warming pan 1.50 Iron ware 2.00 tin ware 50c 6 cups & saucers 17c 2 doz plates 1.17 3 teapots 30c looking glass 40c brown ware 45c case old knives & forks 40c 2 spinning wheels & 1 clock reel 1.75 3 small chests 2.50 old books 2.00 pewter platter 75c Go basin 60c 2 empty bbls 58c pails 25c 1 axe & 1 hoe 75c 1 pr flat irons 60c The total amount of all his property $21.61
and he owes several small debts
He is sixty seven years of age, a laborer but very infirm and unable to perform but very little labor, he is a cripple - His family are his wife aged 65 years and a daughter, Hannah, aged 28 years, they are both of them feeble, and the daughter has never

enjoyed health, nor ever been able to maintain herself — He has paid no taxes for many years past, on account of his poverty —
He served one year from June 1. st 1776 in Capt. Hales's Company, Col. Stark's Regiment in the New Hampshire line
Attest N. Swift
Phineas his X Goodhue mark
Essex Jp. July 13. 1820 Then the above named Phineas Goodhue made oath that the said schedule and statement by him subscribed are true, before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Phineas Goodhue do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Phineas Goodhue mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Phineas Goodhue took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
twenty one dollars sixty one cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Hannah Goodline widow of Phineas Goodline.

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7 th of July 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
On this first day of September A.D. 1838, personally appeared before the Honorable David Cummings one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the State of Massachusetts, Hannah Goodhue, a resident of Andover in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
That she is the widow of Phineas Goodhue late of said Andover, deceased, who was a Private Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of 1818.
That he served for the term of one year from January 1 st 1778 in Capt. Hale's Company, Col. Stark's Regiment, in the New Hampshire Line, as she believes will appear from the Rolls of the Army.
That he was placed on the Pension Roll of the Massachusetts agency on the 13 th of October 1818, and drew his pension for the above mentioned service until the time of his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Phineas Goodhue, on the twenty second day of November 1781; that he died at said Andover on the 24 th day of August 1820; that she was not

Married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the 1st of January 1794; viz. at the time before stated.
her Nannah X Goodline Seal mark
I sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me, the said Nannah Goodline being unable to appear in Court by reason of her advanced age and bodily infirmity.
David Cummins

We the undersigned, citizens of Andover in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath testify that we know and are well acquainted with Mrs Goodhue before named, that we know that she is the widow of Phineas Goodhue deceased, who was always reputed to have been a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and that he died about ten years ago, and that she has not since been married.
Attest
Sarah Holt
John Lacey
David Grassy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss: Sept 4 th 1838 Personally appeared John Lacey & David Grassy above named, who are well known to me and are credible persons and severally made oath to the truth of the above certificate by them signed before me, Samuel Merrill Jus: Peace.

The following is an Extract from what appears to be a leaf from the Church Book of Record of marriages of the Church in the Town of Pelham in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire.
"Married Phineas Goodhue to Hannah Pearson" the twenty second day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty one.
I hereby certify that the above extract is a true copy of what appears to be a leaf from the Church Book of Record of marriages of the Church in the Town of Pelham in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire aforesaid while under the Pastoral care of the Rev. Amos Moody, deceased, formerly Pastor of said Church, with the exception of the date which is expressed in fair legible Figures, as follows, viz " 1781 Novbr."
John Keep { Pastor of the Church in the Town of Pelham aforesaid
I, John Keep above named depose and say that I hold the Office of Pastor of the Church in the Town of Pelham County & State aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract from what appears to be a leaf from the Church Book of Records of said Church now in my custody & keeping, with the exception above named, as certified by me. And I further depose and say, that said Book of Records, when it came into my custody, which was about the 30th day of September 1835, the time of my ordination, contained the Record of Marriages in said Pelham only from December 3 d 1751 to November 1 st 1763, and contained no Record of marriages solemnized by said Moody after that time: that I have carefully examined said leaf, which is now in the possession of Mrs Sally Marsh, the Wife of John Marsh jr of said Pelham, which Mrs Marsh is a credible person and will know to me, and it contains, what appears to be a Record of Marriages from December 21 1780 to September 8 th 1786 inclusive, that I have carefully examined said Book of Records, & from the appearance of the same it is evident that several leaves have been cut out from the same; and from comparing said leaf with said Book, I have no doubt that said leaf is one of the same that were cut out from said Book & was once a part of it, & that it contains the true and original Record of the marriage of said Hannah & said Phineas Goodhue made by & in the hand writing of said Moody; for the likeness between said leaf and the leaves of said Book is very exact in respect to the paper, the handwriting, the manner of making entries, & in all respects.
John Keep { Pastor of the Church in said Town of Pelham.
Hillsborough 30 September, 8-1838
Sworn before me David Cutter Jus Peace

I Sally Marsh the wife of John Marsh jo of Pelham in the County of Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire aged 46 years affirm and say that the Rev. Amos Moody formerly Pastor of the Church in said Pelham was married to my Grand mother, Mrs Hobbs, who was the Widow of the Reverend Mr. Hobbs, the first settled Minister of said Pelham & the immediate predecessor in the ministry of said Moody; that I lived in the Family of said Moody from the time I was seven or eight months old to the day of his death, which took place March 22. 1819, and have ever since lived and now live in the same house, where said Moody lived and died - that I found the leaf, mentioned in the Deposition of Rev. Mr. Keep on the other side of this leaf, along with some other papers in his Book case, soon after his decease, that I put it with some other papers into a Drawer, where it has ever since been. I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Moody having often seen her write - I have carefully examined and compared said leaf, and said Book of Records, mentioned by Rev. Mr. Keep in his said Deposition - that several leaves appear to have been cut out from said Book, as stated by said Keep; that said leaf and the leaves of said Book are exactly alike in respect to the paper, the hand writing, being both in the hand writing of said Moody & in the manner of making the entries, and in all material respects and I have no doubt but said leaf is one of the same that were cut out from said Book, and contains the true record of the marriage of Hannah Pearson to Phoebe Goodhue, as stated by said Keep in his Deposition aforesaid, originally made by & in the hand writing of said Moody. I know not why or by whom said leaves were cut out
Sally Marsh
Hillsborough Ss. September 8. 1838
Personally appeared Sally Marsh above named and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit, having first subscribed the same before me
David Cutter Justice of Peace.
I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that David Cutter above and before named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hillsborough as above and before mentioned, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed my name at Concord this tenth day of September A.D. 1838.
A. Wallace Clerk

N.H.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
our
File No. 14806 Hannah Goodhue Widow of Phineas Goodhue Rev Rev. War
Act: July 7 th 1838
Index:—Vol. a , Page 281
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3027 Mss. 7 July 1838 New York
FREE
L. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, City D.C.

Audubon Miss: Nov. 2. 1838
Dr. Sir,
I enclose the Declaration & evidence in the case of Mrs. Hannah Goodhue, the Widow of Phineas Goodhue deceased, who was a pen- sioner, & request any reply to be directed to me. Audubon Miss.
Very respectfully yours &c.
Samuel Merrill.

3027
Goodhue
at 7 July 38
m 81 d 26
adm'd 12 mo pri 40 $
no deduction
Hon. C. Cushing Newburyport Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 29 th 1838.
I hereby Certify, That David Cummins Esq r is a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas; and that Samuel Merrill Esq r is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Essex; (and they were so, at the dates of their several attestations,)
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John P. Bigelow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.